महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-65, verse-3

बलाहकेनेव यथा बलाहको यदृच्छया वा गिरिणा गिरिर्यथा ।
तथा धनुर्ज्यातलनेमिनिस्वनौ समीयतुस्ताविषुवर्षवर्षिणौ ॥३॥

3. balāhakeneva yathā balāhako; yadṛcchayā vā giriṇā giriryathā ,
tathā dhanurjyātalaneminisvanau; samīyatustāviṣuvarṣavarṣiṇau.

3. balāhakena iva yathā balāhakaḥ
yadṛcchayā vā giriṇā giriḥ yathā
tathā dhanur-jyā-tala-nemi-nisvanau
samīyatuḥ tau iṣu-varṣa-varṣiṇau

3. yathā ekaḥ balāhakena iva balāhakaḥ,
vā yadṛcchayā giriṇā giriḥ yathā,
tathā tau iṣu-varṣa-varṣiṇau dhanur-jyā-tala-nemi-nisvanau samīyatuḥ

3. Just as one cloud clashes with another cloud, or by chance one mountain clashes with another, similarly, those two, showering torrents of arrows and producing the sounds of bows, bowstrings, and the impact of sword-hilts (or hand-guards), came together.

Words meanings summery:

• बलाहकेन (balāhakena) - by a cloud

• इव (iva) - as, like, as it were

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• बलाहकः (balāhakaḥ) - a cloud

• यदृच्छया (yadṛcchayā) - by chance, accidentally, spontaneously

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• गिरिणा (giriṇā) - by a mountain

• गिरिः (giriḥ) - a mountain

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• धनुर्-ज्या-तल-नेमि-निस्वनौ (dhanur-jyā-tala-nemi-nisvanau) - making sounds of bows, bowstrings, sword-hilts (or hand-guards), and their clashing

• समीयतुः (samīyatuḥ) - they (two) came together, met, approached

• तौ (tau) - those two

• इषु-वर्ष-वर्षिणौ (iṣu-varṣa-varṣiṇau) - showering torrents of arrows

Words meanings and morphology

बलाहकेन (balāhakena) - by a cloud

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of balāhaka

balāhaka - cloud

इव (iva) - as, like, as it were

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

बलाहकः (balāhakaḥ) - a cloud

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balāhaka

balāhaka - cloud

यदृच्छया (yadṛcchayā) - by chance, accidentally, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

गिरिणा (giriṇā) - by a mountain

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

गिरिः (giriḥ) - a mountain

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

धनुर्-ज्या-तल-नेमि-निस्वनौ (dhanur-jyā-tala-nemi-nisvanau) - making sounds of bows, bowstrings, sword-hilts (or hand-guards), and their clashing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dhanurjyātalaneminisvana

dhanurjyātalaneminisvana - sound of bows, bowstrings, sword-hilts (or hand-guards)

Compound type : dvandva / tatpuruṣa (dhanus+jyā+tala+nemi+nisvana)

• dhanus – bow
  noun (neuter)
• jyā – bowstring
  noun (feminine)
• tala – flat of the hand, sole, surface, hilt
  noun (masculine)
• nemi – rim, circumference, edge, sword-hilt, arm-guard
  noun (masculine)
• nisvana – sound, noise, clang
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound descriptive of the two heroes (implied).

समीयतुः (samīyatuḥ) - they (two) came together, met, approached

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of samīyatuḥ

Perfect (Lit)

3rd person dual, active voice, Perfect tense

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: i (class 2)

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

इषु-वर्ष-वर्षिणौ (iṣu-varṣa-varṣiṇau) - showering torrents of arrows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of iṣuvarṣavarṣin

iṣuvarṣavarṣin - showering torrents of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (iṣu+varṣa+varṣin)

• iṣu – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• varṣa – rain, shower, torrent
  noun (neuter)
• varṣin – showering, raining, causing rain
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun / Active Participle
  From root 'vṛṣ' (to rain) with suffix '-in'
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)